Soil water repellency and pH soil change under tropical pine plantations compared with native tropical forest

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-200

  Lebron, Inma ^a   Robinson, David A ^a   Oatham, Mike ^b   Wuddivira, Mark N ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Litter; PH; Pine plantation; Soil water content; Soil water repellency; Tropical forest soil

Indexed keywords

LITTER; PINE PLANTATIONS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; PH; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; WATER QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

ACID SOIL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; PH; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL SOIL; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PH; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; SOIL; TROPICS; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

PINUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 84855187618     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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